February 22, 2018

Let’s check-in on everyone’s favourite bigoted right-wing jerk, Milo Yiannopoulos. The former senior editor at alt-right site Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos gained notoriety for his offensive stances on… well, practically everything, including feminism, homosexuality,… Read more »

Authors

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths

An inmate gets a book deal, now they want him to pay to be in jail

Taylor Sperry

If you’re a writer with a book deal, serving life in prison could cost you more than literally all of your time. According to Alexandra Alter at the New York Times,… Read more »

Five Takeaways from the PEN America Literary Awards

Michael Barron

Last night, the soon-to-be-consolidated PEN America convened at NYU’s Skirball Center to celebrate writers at its annual PEN America Literary Awards. The organization’s website explains: “Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards… Read more »

Amazon plans to help online publishers in a way that overwhelmingly benefits Amazon (thanks?)

Peter Clark

As revenue from digital advertising remains low for everyone except Facebook and Google, magazines and bloggers are struggling to find ways to stay afloat. Last week, we detailed Salon’s clever initiative offer… Read more »

Melville House Books

Milo Yiannopoulos’s lawsuit against his publisher goes down in flames

Nikki Griffiths